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Game entry

Max Payne

2001 · TPS · PC, Mac, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One, iOS, Android · Gathering of Developers

Max Payne is ranked no. 378 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,730 and 56% of duels won. Mass Effect is the rival it has faced most: 129 duels, 62 wins and 67 losses. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 10 out of 104 (2001).

World rank

no. 378

ELO score

1,730

Wins

56%

Duels played

1,661

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About Max Payne

Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Max Payne is a relentless story-driven game about a man on the edge, fighting to clear his name while struggling to uncover the truth about his slain family amongst a myriad of plot-twists and twisted thugs in the gritty bowels of New York during the century's worst blizzard.

The groundbreaking original cinematic action-shooter, Max Payne introduced the concept of Bullet Time in videogames. Through its stylish slow-motion gunplay combined with a dark and twisted story, Max Payne redefined the action-shooter genre.

The community says

The ELO here seems propped up by sheer duel count more than actual quality, a lot of these matchups feel automatic at this point.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,730 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Max Payne sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 375 Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair 1,731
  2. 376 Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King 1,731
  3. 377 Super Mario Odyssey 1,730
  4. 378 Max Payne 1,730
  5. 379 Slay the Spire 1,730
  6. 380 Pillars of Eternity 1,730
  7. 381 SoulCalibur II 1,729

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Released in 2001

The standing

Where Max Payne ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Max Payne stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 10 out of 104 (2001).

Where Max Payne ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 378 5,035
TPS 17 222
2000s 107 1,308
2001 10 104

The community

The debate

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  1. ttoy

    The ELO here seems propped up by sheer duel count more than actual quality, a lot of these matchups feel automatic at this point.

    lacombe_pierre

    Automatiques les duels, vraiment ? Ou alors c'est juste qu'il gagne encore contre des jeux qui paraissent plus modernes.

    CoopRider2008

    Mais du coup, tu proposes quoi comme place plus juste pour lui ?

  2. roob_joe

    Compared to Mass Effect's dialogue trees, this has none, or rather it has none by design and that's the point.

    PixelSamurai

    Le côté sans compromis du dialogue tient justement à cette absence de choix, ça colle parfaitement au personnage.

  3. SilentKid2003

    J'ai relancé ce jeu récemment après des années sans y toucher et le contraste m'a frappé. L'écriture et l'ambiance sonore n'ont pas pris une ride, ou plutôt elles vieillissent bien, ce qui n'est pas pareil. Par contre la maniabilité en phase de tir, surtout en mouvement, se sent clairement datée. Je ne sais pas trop où le placer dans le classement mais je comprends aussi bien ceux qui le défendent que ceux qui le trouvent surestimé aujourd'hui.

  4. Hortense_48

    Le ratio de victoires reste stable depuis longtemps, ce qui veut dire que ceux qui votent pour lui le font en connaissance de cause, pas par nostalgie aveugle

    SilviaAce

    No sé si estoy de acuerdo del todo, me parece que un ratio estable también puede significar que la gente vota por costumbre, sin pensarlo tanto

  5. AnaïsKid

    L'écriture reste solide, le ton noir fonctionne encore bien. Le level design de certains passages tire un peu en longueur par endroits.

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